HC Deb 19 June 1996 vol 279 c484W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by traffic area office the number of objections to the issue of an operator's licence received from the police for each of the last five years.[33297]

Mr. Norris

The numbers are as follows:

TAO 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
North Eastern 9 5 5 6 4
North Western 1 0 1 2 2
West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern 2 33 22 29 29
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0
Western 6 12 6 7 2
South Eastern and Metropolitan 38 36 26 10 10
Scottish 0 1 1 0 2